Comprehensive Array of Ample Analytical Strategies for Characterization of Nanomaterials

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Nitesh Dhiman ◽  
Amrita Singh ◽  
Aditya K. Kar ◽  
Mahaveer P. Purohit ◽  
Satyakam Patnaik
The Analyst ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 145 (4) ◽  
pp. 1457-1465 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Álvarez-Fernández García ◽  
M. Corte-Rodríguez ◽  
M. Macke ◽  
K. L. LeBlanc ◽  
Z. Mester ◽  
...  

Complementary analytical strategies based on ICP-TQ-MS were used for the detection and characterization of selenium-containing nanoparticles in selenized yeast.


Biomolecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sónia A. O. Santos ◽  
Rafael Félix ◽  
Adriana C. S. Pais ◽  
Sílvia M. Rocha ◽  
Armando J. D. Silvestre

The current interest of the scientific community for the exploitation of high-value compounds from macroalgae is related to the increasing knowledge of their biological activities and health benefits. Macroalgae phenolic compounds, particularly phlorotannins, have gained particular attention due to their specific bioactivities, including antioxidant, antiproliferative, or antidiabetic. Notwithstanding, the characterization of macroalgae phenolic compounds is a multi-step task, with high challenges associated with their isolation and characterization, due to the highly complex and polysaccharide-rich matrix of macroalgae. Therefore, this fraction is far from being fully explored. In fact, a critical revision of the extraction and characterization methodologies already used in the analysis of phenolic compounds from macroalgae is lacking in the literature, and it is of uttermost importance to compile validated methodologies and discourage misleading practices. The aim of this review is to discuss the state-of-the-art of phenolic compounds already identified in green, red, and brown macroalgae, reviewing their structural classification, as well as critically discussing extraction methodologies, chromatographic separation techniques, and the analytical strategies for their characterization, including information about structural identification techniques and key spectroscopic profiles. For the first time, mass spectrometry data of phlorotannins, a chemical family quite exclusive of macroalgae, is compiled and discussed.


Molecules ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 1051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonella Bisio ◽  
Elena Urso ◽  
Marco Guerrini ◽  
Pauline de Wit ◽  
Giangiacomo Torri ◽  
...  

Metallomics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1014-1027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Jiménez-Lamana ◽  
Joanna Szpunar

Analytical strategies to study the nickel proteome and their advantages and limitations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Inés Domingo ◽  
Annalisa Chieli

AbstractThis paper offers a broad and critical overview of current discussions on the potential uses and the characterization of pigments in prehistory, with a special focus on prehistoric rock art. Today, analytical approaches to pigments and paints allow us to go beyond the identification of the elemental and molecular composition of these archaeological remains, to explore also raw material procurement, transformation and use strategies of interest to investigate the technological and socio-cultural practices of prehistoric artists and their change over space and time. The paper also summarizes the palette of prehistoric artists, as well as the techniques and analytical strategies used to date to characterize prehistoric pigments and paints (colours, raw materials, binders and recipes) used in prehistoric rock art.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Feifei Wei ◽  
Kengo Ito ◽  
Kenji Sakata ◽  
Taiga Asakura ◽  
Yasuhiro Date ◽  
...  

AbstractFunctional diversity rather than species richness is critical for the understanding of ecological patterns and processes. This study aimed to develop novel integrated analytical strategies for the functional characterization of fish diversity based on the quantification, prediction and integration of the chemical and physical features in fish muscles. Machine learning models with an improved random forest algorithm applied on 1867 muscle nuclear magnetic resonance spectra belonging to 249 fish species successfully predicted the mobility patterns of fishes into four categories (migratory, territorial, rockfish, and demersal) with accuracies of 90.3–95.4%. Markov blanket-based feature selection method with an ecological–chemical–physical integrated network based on the Bayesian network inference algorithm highlighted the importance of nitrogen metabolism, which is critical for environmental adaptability of fishes in nutrient-rich environments, in the functional characterization of fish biodiversity. Our study provides valuable information and analytical strategies for fish home-range assessment on the basis of the chemical and physical characterization of fish muscle, which can serve as an ecological indicator for fish ecotyping and human impact monitoring.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (30) ◽  
pp. 315
Author(s):  
Luis Carlos Duarte Cavalcante

A Pedra do Cantagalo I é um sítio arqueológico localizado na área rural do município de Piripiri, estado do Piauí, Brasil. Consiste em um abrigo sob-rocha arenítica, cujas saliências e reentrâncias estão decoradas com mais de 1.950 pinturas rupestres representando figuras abstratas, propulsores de dardos, carimbos de mãos humanas, antropomorfos e zoomorfos, realizados em padrões policromáticos. Além da elevada densidade de inscrições pré-históricas e da policromia, esse sítio também se destaca pela recorrência dos motivos pintados e pela sobreposição deles entre si. Nos sedimentos superficiais foram encontrados fragmentos cerâmicos, líticos e ocres. Carvões residuais encontrados em fogueiras bem estruturadas, evidenciadas em recentes escavações neste abrigo, foram datados pelo método do 14C como sendo de 1.180 ± 30 anos antes do presente; em estratigrafia também foram evidenciados materiais cerâmicos, líticos e ocres vermelhos e amarelos. Neste artigo são reportadas as estratégias analíticas de campo e de laboratório utilizadas na investigação desse importante sítio arqueológico e dos testemunhos de atividade humana pré-histórica nele existentes ou dele coletados. Os exames físicos, a caracterização químico-mineralógica dos materiais, o monitoramento das condições ambientais e as prospecções no entorno foram primordiais. Abstract: Pedra do Cantagalo I is an archaeological site located in the rural area of the municipality of Piripiri, Piauí state, Brazil. It consists of a sandstone shelter decorated with more than 1,950 rupestrian paintings representing abstract figures, spear-throwers, human handprints, and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures in polychromatic patterns. In addition to the high density of prehistoric inscriptions and polychrome paintings, this site also stands out due to the recurrence of painted motifs and to the overlapping of the paintings. Ceramic materials, lithics, and ochres were found in the sediments. Residual charcoals found in remnants of well-structured hearths, as recently evidenced from excavations in this shelter were AMS (accelerator mass spectrometry) 14C-dated as being from 1,180 ± 30 years before present; in stratigraphy, ceramic materials, lithics, and red and yellow ochres were also evidenced. In this paper, the field and laboratory analytical strategies used in the investigation of this important archaeological site are reports as well as the evidence of prehistoric human activity contained within or collected from the site. The investigative techniques included physical examinations of the site, chemical-mineralogical characterization of the materials, monitoring of the environmental conditions and prospections in nearby areas.


Fuel ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 291 ◽  
pp. 120086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Trubetskaya ◽  
Robert Johnson ◽  
Rory F.D. Monaghan ◽  
Andrezza S. Ramos ◽  
Anders Brunsvik ◽  
...  

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